Fisheries Management (General) Variation Regulations 2016 (SA)

South Australia

Fisheries Management (General) Variation Regulations 2016

under the Fisheries Management Act 2007

Contents

Part 1—Preliminary

1            Short title

2            Commencement

3            Variation provisions

Part 2—Variation of Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007

4            Variation of regulation 3—Interpretation

5            Variation of Schedule 2—Undersize fish

6            Variation of Schedule 6—Classes of fishing activities prescribed for purposes of section 70 of Act

7           Variation of Schedule 7—Areas in which use of fish nets is prohibited under section 70 of Act

8            Variation of Schedule 10—Expiation fees

Part 1—Preliminary

1—Short title

These regulations may be cited as the Fisheries Management (General) Variation Regulations 2016.

2—Commencement

These regulations will come into operation 4 months after the day on which they are made (see Subordinate Legislation Act 1978 (section 10AA)).

3—Variation provisions

In these regulations, a provision under a heading referring to the variation of specified regulations varies the regulations so specified.

Part 2—Variation of Fisheries Management (General) Regulations 2007

4—Variation of regulation 3—Interpretation

1. Regulation 3(1)—after the definition of Greenlip Abalone insert:

   Gulf St. Vincent means the waters contained within Gulf St. Vincent north of the geodesic from the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°10′04.74″ South, 137°40′38.64″ East (Troubridge Point, Yorke Peninsula) to the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°36′48.51″ South, 138°05′44.01″ East (Cape Jervis, Fleurieu Peninsula);

2. Regulation 3(1)—after the definition of spear gun insert:

   Spencer Gulf means the waters contained within Spencer Gulf north of the geodesic from the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 34°59′07.15″ South, 136°00′11.06″ East (Cape Catastrophe, Eyre Peninsula) to the location on Mean High Water Springs closest to 35°17′59.60″ South, 136°52′50.11″ East (Cape Spencer, Yorke Peninsula);

5—Variation of Schedule 2—Undersize fish

Schedule 2, clause 14, table—delete the item relating to Snook and substitute:

Snook (Sphyraena novaehollandiae)—
(a)    if taken by a licensed person	41
(b)    if taken by an unlicensed person	45

6—Variation of Schedule 6—Classes of fishing activities prescribed for purposes of section 70 of Act

1. Schedule 6, clause 4—delete "or" after paragraphs (a), (b) and (c) and substitute in each case:

   and

2. Schedule 6, clause 75—delete the clause

3. Schedule 6, clause 82—delete the clause

4. Schedule 6, clause 94—delete the clause

5. Schedule 6, clause 99(c)(iii)—delete subparagraph (iii)

7—Variation of Schedule 7—Areas in which use of fish nets is prohibited under section 70 of Act

Schedule 7, Part 1, Germein Bay—delete the description of the waters and substitute:

The waters of or near Germein Bay contained within and bounded by a line commencing at 33°06′55.80″ South, 137°56′19.86″ East (marine navigation mark 4410/703), then north‑westerly to 33°02′41.90″ South, 137°49′33.09″ East (marine navigation mark 4410/100), then north‑easterly to 33°00′35.89″ South, 137°57′03.39″ East (the northern most point of the Port of Port Pirie), then north‑easterly to Mean High Water Springs closest to 33°00′19.65″ South, 137°57′58.53″ East (Ward Point), then beginning south‑easterly following the line of Mean High Water Springs to the location closest to 33°09′40.38″ South, 137°56′19.82″ East, then north to the point of commencement, but excluding any land or waters so encompassed that lie landward of the line of Mean High Water Springs.

8—Variation of Schedule 10—Expiation fees

1. Schedule 10, table, item relating to clause 75—delete the item

2. Schedule 10, table—after the item relating to clause 80 insert:

81 Taking fish in Lake George using fish net of unlawful specifications $200

1. Schedule 10, table, item relating to clause 82—delete the item

2. Schedule 10, table, item relating to clause 122—after the entries relating to Murray Cod insert:

•      taking razorfish $100

Made by the Governor's Deputy

with the advice and consent of the Executive Council

on 20 October 2016

No 242 of 2016

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